Gastropoda - Stromboidea - Aporrhaidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 10572

Alternative spelling: Aporrhais (Tessarolax)

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217

Parent taxon: Pugnellinae according to H. A. Kollmann 2009

Sister taxa: Bizarrus, Gymnarus, Lispodesthes, Perustrombus, Pugnellus, Pyktes, Tephlon, Torgnellus, Tundora

Subtaxa: Aporrhais (Tessarolax) ebrayi, Tessarolax bicarinata, Tessarolax distorta, Tessarolax inconspicua, Tessarolax incrustata, Tessarolax retusa, Tessarolax trinalis

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore